This past summer Nevada joined with other states in challenging a California federal judge’s decision to block President Trump’s executive order that would deny some federal funding for sanctuary cities, saying that such cities near Nevada pose a threat to public safety. The judge sided with Santa Clara County, the cityof San Francisco and other jurisdictions who argued that taking away federal funds from cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement could be unconstitutional. With the case now going to[…]

There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind — if they really know the Las Vegas Tribune — that when it comes to appreciating the work of our law enforcement and thanking them for their service while at the same time having the courage to be critical of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department administration or any other government entity when they need to be criticized, we are at the front of the line. Likewise, there is no doubt[…]

Does anybody remember the good old times of Las Vegas when we had three hospitals and direct access to our doctors? We used to have three very good hospitals — Southern Nevada Hospital, which is now University Medical Center or UMC, Sunrise Hospital, and Women’s Hospital. During those good years doctors had line extensions in each treatment room and normally they made every possible effort to answer your phone call. Because there were no cell phones back then, we could[…]

Face the Tribune radio show makes a comeback beginning with three popular and well liked figures on the political scene of Las Vegas. Beginning Wednesday, January 31, with the appearance of former Nevada Assemblyman, Nevada Senator, and most recently Las Vegas City Councilman, Bob Beers, now the best candidate for State Treasurer, the show is preparing to air a list of who’s who in Las Vegas, Clark County and Nevada with the intention of informing the public and[…]

All of Nevada’s Democratic delegates to Congress voted to continue the federal government “shutdown” rather than trust the Republicans to bring to a vote the issue of amnesty for illegal immigrants. The House voted 266-150 for a stopgap spending measure to fund the government until Feb. 8. The Senate voted 81-18 on the measure. “It’s about time that Democrats came to their senses and made the decision to end their political games that led to the Schumer Shutdown. Their filibuster[…]

Very few people were taken by surprise when a press conference was scheduled for City Councilman Ricki Barlow to speak to the media about a federal fraud investigation that has had taken most of Barlow’s time. Without taking questions from the media the problematic politician told reporters that he is planning to plead guilty on those charges. Barlow replaced his former boss, now County Commissioner Larry Weekly, and has been in office for eleven years, since 2007, when he was elected[…]

What makes this newspaper different from other publications? Answer: A few very simple but important points. 1) We believe that we are here to serve the community, not to please a few alleged important people or to be welcomed into some power meeting or invited to some fancy lunch with influential guests. 2) We do not need to bow to anyone just so we can be patted on the back and told what a good job we are doing.[…]